Alexander moore nelson



(No'ModeL) A. M. NELSON.

WRITING DEVICE.

No. 488,945. Patented Dec. 27,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ALEXANDER MOORE NELSON, OF BIRKENHEAD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN WILSON, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

WRITING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,945, dated December 27, 1892.

Application filed September 2, 1892. Serial No. 444,900. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MOORE NEL- SON, engineer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Writing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a writing device which can be put into the waistcoat pocket, and which will be more comfortable, cheap and convenient in many respects than fountain pen holders and the like.

My improvement consists in features of novel construction hereinafter described and claimed. It is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows the apparatus on the hand at Work; Fig. 2 is a side view of a drawing pen formed to be fitted into the holder; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a sheath; Fig. 4. is aperspective view of the outer case; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the inner case; Fig. 6 longitudinal section of entire apparatus; Fig. 7 is an end view of the inner case; Fig. 8 enlarged transverse section through the ej ecting screw.

The penholder consists of a thimble Ahaving a small holding device B internally, as shown in the drawings, or, if desirable, added externally to the thimble. Into this holding device the pen is slid. Asmall sliding device with external sorewhead 0, either as shown or with a hooked end to catch the end of the pen, can be used to form the upper side of the holding device or eject the pen as required. A sheath, Fig. 3, is used to cover the pen when not in use. This can be held in place by simple friction, by screwing on or by other means as preferred; it is shown smooth and held on by friction.

The ink bottle, Figs. 5 and 7, consists of a second thimble placed in the first one, with a bottom preferably having a sliding lid D rotating on a central pivot, shown open in Fig. 5 5, half closed in Fig. 7. The perforations in eachthe lid and the ink reservoir-are of a suitable size to allow of dipping the pen. The lid is preferably milled at the edge so as to be more easily opened and closed by rotation. The other end of this inkstand is made fiat or concave, so as to stand without rolling over. On the outer thimble on one side I solder or otherwise fix or indent a slightly concave plate E in such position as to be convenient for the thumb. The two thimbles are held one inside the other by friction. G is a short pencil inserted in the cylindrical holder H in line with and forming part of the holder for the pen. The whole can be silvered, 6o nickel plated or otherwise and is preferably made of brass or aluminum bronze.

I declare that what I claim is:-

1. The thimble having a pen-holding device, and a pen-slide, adjustable in the penholding device, having a head; substantially as described.

2. The thimble having a pencil-holder in line therewith; substantially as described.

3. The thimble having a removable ink-bot- 7o tle fitted therein; substantially as described.

'4. The thimble provided with a pen-holding device, a pencil-holderin line with the thimble and a sheath common to both the pen-holding device, and the pencil-holder; SllbSlktll' tially as described.

5. A writing device consisting of a thimble having a pen-holder device, a pen-slide, a pencihholder, and an ink-bottle fitting within the thimble; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER MOORE NELSON.

Witnesses:

G. O. DYMOND, L. O. JOHNSON. 

